does anyone know how facebook and digg displays external pages?

[allstealth]

example, take notice of the digg bar fixed positionally at the top. are they using iFrames?
http://digg.com/d1oA2o

if they are, is this really the most elegant way to display external pages? Is there a known work around to frame busters?

[aj_nsc]

Line 312 of the source code of the page you linked to:

<iframe id="diggiFrame" name="diggiFrame" noresize="noresize" src="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html" frameborder="0"></iframe>

if they are, is this really the most elegant way to display external pages?

How else do you propose to display external pages while keeping the user on your site?

[donatello]

Frame Buster solutions thread:
The action starts around post 21, 24

http://www.codingforums.com/archive/...p/t-56076.html
This is on my agenda... but is of low priority...

There is another thread on this site looking for the same solution.
If you figure it out, share it with us.
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=206515

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Frame busters break out of Digg.
They seem to be using the jquery library and have a cool script that allows the entire external page to load in an iframe that works like a toolbar.

I have an iframe that allows resizing, but scroll bars and the width of the target frame has always been a problem. Digg has a cool solution.


Let us know if you figure out either of these issues.

[donatello]

Here is a solution that prevents frame busting:

http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/02...ui-redressing/



(Some keywords to help find this page in the future... I know I'll need it again someday and won't remember where it was... )
framebuster, iframe locked in, break out of frames, prevent frame break out, stop frame busting.

<script type="text/javascript">
    var prevent_bust = 0  
    window.onbeforeunload = function() { prevent_bust++ }  
    setInterval(function() {  
      if (prevent_bust > 0) {  
        prevent_bust -= 2  
        window.top.location = 'http://server-which-responds-with-204.com'  
      }  
    }, 1)  
</script>